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Seen & Unseen Aloud Easter [New Subscribers Boxset]
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In this Easter Boxset, we welcome new subscribers to the world of Seen & Unseen Aloud. We have put together 8 articles that take us through the journey Easter week.
We start with NT Wright's exploration of when creation and justice converge; Lianne Howard-Dace takes us on a sensory guide to Lent and Easter; George Pitcher gives us a character sketch of Pontius Pilate as a lord of misrule; Julie Canlis suggests the important question is about life before death rather than the other way around; Andrew Davison goes to an art exhibition and discovers Pesellino's ability to make the vital visible; Yaroslav Walker gives us his top 5 Good Friday Passion movies; Barnabas Aspray makes the claim that identifying as human has deadly implications and Graham Tomlin welcomes Easter Day with a discussion around why anthropologists miss the point of Easter.
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